Cleared of rape

A 38-year-old man has been cleared of raping a girl of 12 eight years ago. Brendan Slater, of Southlands, Baildon, was found not guilty by a jury at Bradford Crown Court yesterday afternoon. He denied two offences of rape and one of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.

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